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PNEUMATIC CASH SYSTEM.

No. 349,708. Patnted Sept. 28, 1886.

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PNBUMATIGI CASH SYSTEM;

No. 849,708.- Patented Sept. 28,1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GAZAILLE'AND HAMILTON F. LOW, OF MANCHESTER, NEW HAMP- SHIRE; SAID LOW ASSIGNOR TO SAID GAZAILLE.

PNEUMATIC CASH SYSTEM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,708, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed December 30, 1885. Serial No. 187,142. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern: v

Be it known that we, HENRY GAZAILLE, a subject of Great Britain, and. HAMILTON F. Low, a citizen of the United States, both residing at Manchester, in the county of Hil1sborough and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pneumatic Cash Systems, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates chiefly to the terminal connections for pneumatic dispatch tubes, which, in the present case, are adapted more especially to tubes for use in stores for the transmission of cash from the various salesmen to the cashier, and vice versa.

- Our invention consists in the combination, with a pneumatic tube, of a transmitter of our improved construction, as hereinafter described, through which a suitable cash box or carrier is passed on its way tothe cashier, and" into which it is lodged when returned to a salesman. 7

Our invention further consists in the combination, with a pneumatic tube, of our improved delivery-cranes, adapted for use at the cashiers desk, and means whereby said cranes shall automatically operate a signal notifying a salesman of the whereabouts of hiscash.

Our invention finally consists in the combination, with our improved delivery-cranes, of an electric or magnetic signal for communicating with a salesman.

We are aware that the-combination of electric signals with a pneumatic dispatch-tube or cash system is not of itself novel; but we know of'no arrangement of a signal operating like ours.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar reference-letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the various views, Figure 1 represents a side'elevation of our improved transmitter as when closed. Fig. 2 is a like view as when opened. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the same, taken at a point about midway from the bottom to top, having sliding cover and actuating-arm removed. Fig. 4 is a view of the open end of said transmitter. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the sliding cover. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the actuatinglever and its pivotal shaft. Fig. 7 is a side eleva- 'tion of one of the delivery-cranes, and Fig. 8 a front view of the same. Fig. 9 illustrates the manner of placing each plant in this improved pneumatic dispatch system, showing both terminals of atube and an air-pump con.- nected therewith. f 7

Our improved transmitter is designed to'be fastened by means of screws to a store counter or shelf behind said counter in convenient reach of a salesman.

The transmitter A, viewed at its side, rises from its base A in a semicircle, which is hollow its entire length, thus forming a passage, A, for a suitable cash box or carrier, B. Gonnection is made at A with an air-pump, O, or a tube, D, may connect the two in case the pump must be located any distance from the transmitter, and air enters the passage A through the slot A, which is formed, as shown in Fig. 4, near one end of said passage, which is otherwise closed by the base A. The outer part of this semicircular passage A is cut out near the closed end above mentioned, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, for the entrance and removal of the cash-carriers. This may be closed,when desired, by the air-tight cover A the peculiar construction and operation of which will be hereinafter explained. The opposite end of said semicircular passage A? is open, and may be connected at A with a pneumatic dispatchtube, E,wl1ich, in order to be out of sight and out of the way,may pass down underneath the floor and thence to the cashiers desk,where it must again rise and connect with or terminate directly under the delivery-crane F.

Each plant or station should be known bya number, such as 1 2 3, &c. These must be placed in some conspicuous place upon the delivery-cranes, as shown in Fig. 8, andupon the cash-carriers, so as to avoid mistakes by the cashiers sending change to the wrong salesman-i. 6., if the cashiers attention should be called away, and just then one of the cashboxes should be shot from one of the deliverycranes upon his desk, he has simply to note its number, and, after making the necessary change, to place or drop it into the crane having a corresponding number, and no mistake can occur. These delivery-cranes F are formed of a piece of tube having a curved part, F,the inner half of which is cut away in the direction of the curve, as seen in Figs. 7 and 8, so that a cash-box may fall with less force onto the desk than if the crane were closed, except at its end, and said cash-box were discharged thereat. The end of these cranes are closed, as at. F. Thus,if a cash-box follows the curve F far enough to reach the stop F, it instantly rebounds and falls to the desk with but the force of its own gravity. A base-plate, F having rockers F formed underneath the same, (directly underneath or at either side of the vertical portion of the crane F,) projects horizontally rearward of said crane, and may be secured to the desk by a screw, F at either side of the crane, as seen in Fig. 8, and to prevent the outer end of the base-plate from rising higher than need be, a screw, F is passed through the said plate near its outer end, as in Fig. 7. .A wire, G, connecting a battery, P, with the brass plate F or with the rockers F, is provided; also, a wire, H, following the course of the pneumatic tube E from a signalbell, 19, located near the salesmans terminus of said tube to a point directly under the said brass plate F and the moment the cash box or carrier strikes the curve F while being shot out of the crane said brass plate is brought in contact with the wire H,and the signalbell at the other end is rung. The weight of the curved part Fof said crane overbalances the base-plate F and to regulate its vibration caused by the exit of the cashcarrier B a spring, I, bearing upon the top of said baseplate, may be provided, and adapted to induce longer contact of the wire H and the brass plate F.

In Fig. 9 the lines Y indicate the top of a store-counter, and the lines X the floor. J represents a wire net-work surrounding the to show one of the delivery-cranes in position.

To return to the transmitter A, the cover A may be lined with felt or other suitable material, (see f, Fig. 5,) so that pressure may render it air-tight. In order that inswing ing open, this cover may rise clear of the part A, it is hung in thefollowing manner: A handlever, K, is provided with a pivotal shaft, K, which passes through from one side to the other of the transmitter at exactly the radial center of the semicircular part A, from the free end of which projects a stud, K of smaller diameter and eccentric with said shaft K, the upper end of said lever K being curved, as in Fig. 6, so that its hand-piece K may be directly over the longitudinal center of the cover A A11 arm, A extending downward from one side of the cover A is provided near its free end with an elongated opening, A ,which fits onto the stud K, the position of which relative to thepivotal shaft K is such as to cause said cover A to ride free of the transmitter A when open, as seen in Fig. 2; but when said cover is closing the opening, as in Fig. 1, the said stud K will be nearly or quite at the bottom of the opening A thus leaving the said cover in a position to be pressed tightly upon the transmitter, which is accomplished bypressing the lever K downward until the boss K bears upon a tongue, A", formed upon the top of the cover A and gradually increasing in height toward the lower end of said cover; hence the farther the lever K is moved downward the more the pressure applied to said cover A A stop, A, may be provided against which the cover A may rest when open.

Having described our invention, what. we claim as new is 1. The combination, with a pneumatic cashtransmitting tube, an air-pump capable of illducing a current of air in either direction through said tube, and a suitable cash box or carrier, of a delivery crane constructed substantially as herein described and located near the cashier, a wire connecting witha signal-bell located near a salesmans c0unter,and means whereby said crane shall automatically operate said signal with the egression or re gression of the cash-box, as and in the man- "ner explained.

2. The combined receiving-box and transmitter and avibratory delivery-crane constructed substantially as described, in combination with a pneumatic tube, an air-pump capable of inducing an air-current in either direction through said tube, a suitable cash box or carrier, and an electric signal, all arranged and operating as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The transmitter connected with an air pump, substantiallyas shown, combined with the sliding cover, the connecting-arm, the shaft and the operating-lever, the dispatchtube, and the receiver, as set forth. cashiers desk, this being broken out in order 4. The transmitter connected with an airpump, substantially as shown, combined with the sliding cover having the external raised tongue and the inner felt lining, the connect ing-arm, the shaft and its eccentric stud, the operating-lever and its boss, the dispatch-tube, and the receiver, as set forth.

5. The curved receiving-crane having an end stop and adapted to be rocked, substantially as shown, combined with the wires forming a connection through said crane between a battery and an alarm-bell near the salesmans counter, a dispatch-tube, a receiver, and an air-pump, as set forth.

6. The open curved receiving-crane having an end stop, combined withthe base-plate, the rockers, the tension-spring, the electric wires connecting through the crane between a battery and an alarm-bell, the dispatch-tube, the receiver, and the air-pump, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures inpresence of two witnesses.

HENRY GAZAILLE. HAMILTON F. LOW. Witnesses:

J. B. THURsroN, J OHN H. ANDREWS. 

